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Are you ready to delve into the world of entrepreneurship and venture capital? Access Silicon Valley and U First Capital invite you to join us on April 25, 2024, for an EXCLUSIVE one-night only discussion with Vijay Reddy, a partner at the Mayfield Fund, one of the hottest, most innovative, and respected venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, who have recently closed on the $250.0 million AI Start Fund, focusing on early stage AI companies (investing $500K-$5.0 million). Mayfield has raised more than 20 U.S. funds, has more than 120 IPOs, 225 M&A exits, $3.0B under management and made more than 550 investments in startups.

In this Unleashed event (we call it "unleashed" because this event will be interactive, audience driven), Vijay will delve into the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship and venture capital and the rapidly changing world related to AI and AI investments. Vijay has a unique experience to share—he co-founded his first startup after dropping out of his PhD program, and held several senior Business Development and Product Development roles at Broadcom and Intel. He has over a decade of inception and early-stage investing experience in AI and deeptech, from Clear Ventures, Intel Capital and Mayfield. Vijay has invested across the AI stack from silicon, systems, infrastructure software, data, middleware & tools and applications.

AGENDA
6:00pm - 7:00pm: Dinner, refreshments and networking
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Conversation with Vijay
8:00 -8:30: Audience Q&A
8:30pm - 9:00pm: Networking
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ABOUT VIJAY
Vijay brings over a decade of inception and early-stage investing experience in AI and deeptech, from Clear Ventures and Intel Capital. He had a front-row seat to the rise of AI when neural networks first beat human benchmarks in vision, speech and language. Vijay has invested across the AI stack from silicon, systems, infrastructure software, data, middleware & tools and applications. Some of his past investments include SambaNova, DataRobot, Lilt, Landing.ai, Hypersonix, Joby (NYSE: Joby), BabbleLabs (Acquired by Cisco) and AEye (Nasdaq: LIDR).
As a former R&D engineer, Vijay enjoys collaborating with leading technical innovators and researchers who are leveraging bold, disruptive ideas with extreme clarity of purpose to build best in class companies. He takes a founder-first and team-oriented approach and works tirelessly with inception stage entrepreneurs to achieve product market fit and help them scale rapidly.

ABOUT MAYFIELD
Mayfield is a venture capital firm with a 50+ year track record of investing at the inception stage in iconic enterprise, consumer, semiconductor, and human & planetary health companies. Proud to have served as early investors to over 550 companies leading to 120 IPOs and over 225 M&As. They have raised 20 U.S. funds over, including the two most recent funds, the $580M Mayfield XVII, the $375M Mayfield Select III and the most recent $250M Mayfield AI Start Seed Fund.
ABOUT ROGER RAPPOPORT AND ACCESS SILICON VALLEY
Roger Rappoport is a former entrepreneur and the founder and leader of Procopio's Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Group. He has extensive experience in advising startup and well-established emerging growth companies across all sectors and industries, from formation through multiple rounds of funding and exit.

As an emerging growth and venture capital attorney, he has been involved in hundreds of transactions such as merger and acquisition transactions, private equity and venture capital financing transactions, and complex restructuring transactions.

Roger is also the founder of Access Silicon Valley. Take a closer look at the Access Silicon Valley Video Fireside Chat Series hosted by Roger, with representatives of some of the Valley's most high profile VCs, such as Andreessen Horowitz, Foundation Capital, Floodgate, Mayfield, Venrock, Canaan Partners and more.

Are you ready to delve into the world of entrepreneurship and venture capital? Access Silicon Valley and U First Capital invite you to join us on April 25, 2024, for an EXCLUSIVE one-night only discussion with Vijay Reddy, a partner at the Mayfield Fund, one of the hottest, most innovative, and respected venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, who have recently closed on the $250.0 million AI Start Fund, focusing on Seed stage AI companies. Mayfield has raised more than 20 U.S. funds, has more than 120 IPOs, 225 M&A exits, $3.0B under management and made more than 550 investments in startups.

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In this Unleashed event (we call it "unleashed" because this event will be interactive, audience driven), Vijay will delve into the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship and venture capital and the rapidly changing world related to AI and AI investments. Vijay has a unique experience to share—he co-founded his first startup after dropping out of his PhD program, and held several senior Business Development and Product Development roles at Broadcom and Intel. He has over a decade of inception and early-stage investing experience in AI and deeptech, from Clear Ventures, Intel Capital and Mayfield. Vijay has invested across the AI stack from silicon, systems, infrastructure software, data, middleware & tools and applications.
AGENDA
7:00pm - 7:45pm: Conversation with Vijay
7:45 -8:00: Audience Q&A
ABOUT VIJAY
Vijay brings over a decade of inception and early-stage investing experience in AI and deeptech, from Clear Ventures and Intel Capital. He had a front-row seat to the rise of AI when neural networks first beat human benchmarks in vision, speech and language. Vijay has invested across the AI stack from silicon, systems, infrastructure software, data, middleware & tools and applications. Some of his past investments include SambaNova, DataRobot, Lilt, Landing.ai, Hypersonix, Joby (NYSE: Joby), BabbleLabs (Acquired by Cisco) and AEye (Nasdaq: LIDR).
ABOUT MAYFIELD
Mayfield is a venture capital firm with a 50+ year track record of investing at the inception stage in iconic enterprise, consumer, semiconductor, and human & planetary health companies. It is guided by its People First philosophy and is proud to have served as early investors to over 550 companies leading to 120 IPOs and over 225 M&As. Its investment team operates from a shared set of beliefs and partners for the long term with entrepreneurs pursuing big ideas. Mayfield invests in new companies at the inception and early stages, primarily Seed, Series A, and Series B. They have raised 20 U.S. funds over, including the two most recent funds, the $580M Mayfield XVII, the $375M Mayfield Select III and the most recent $250M Mayfield AI Start Seed Fund.
ABOUT ROGER RAPPOPORT AND ACCESS SILICON VALLEY
Roger Rappoport is a former entrepreneur and the founder and leader of Procopio's Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Group. He has extensive experience in advising startup and well-established emerging growth companies across all sectors and industries, from formation through multiple rounds of funding and exit.
Roger is also the founder of Access Silicon Valley, a platform for entrepreneurs, on a global basis, to gain access to Silicon Valley's best and brightest Venture Capitalists, "been there done that" entrepreneurs, and experts.
ABOUT U FIRST CAPITAL, EKTA DANG AND SANJIT DANG
U First Capitals a prominent venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments and dedicated to supporting innovative startups. With a rich history and a strong track record, U First Capital has been at the forefront of fostering entrepreneurship and driving technological advancements.
Dr. Ekta Dang is the Co-Founder and CEO of U First Capital and drove venture capital investments at Intel prior to that. She has an excellent track record of achieving at least 1 Exit every year: Pensando (Acquired by AMD in 2022), Nextdoor (IPO 2021), Palantir (IPO 2020), Orb Intelligence (Acquired by Dun and Bradstreet in 2020), Pinterest (IPO 2019), Docusign (IPO 2018), etc. She has invested in category-leading companies such as SpaceX, Uniphore, Pensando, and DevRev.
Dr. Sanjit Dang has been a successful Venture Capitalist, Corporate Executive, Board Member, Speaker and Writer in Silicon Valley for almost two decades.

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This convergence of culture and innovation presents a unique opportunity for you to address the global investment community and impart your insights on the evolving landscape of manufacturing and industrial real estate, with a particular focus on the burgeoning connections between manufacturing in Mexico and North American innovation.

ASA is also known as the Central Texas Innovation Belt, the Great Austin San Antonio Corridor, is an exploding region that combines the nation’s No.1 fastest-growing region Austin Metro and the No.8 fastest-growing metro San Antonio Metro. It includes 2022 nation’s fastest growing city #1 Georgetown, #2 Leander, #5 New Braunfels. With a population projected to approach 10 million before 2040, ASA boasts a dynamic ecosystem housing titans of innovation such as Teslas, Dell, IBM, Apple, Amazon, and many others.

Moreover, ASA's strategic nexus between Dallas and Monterrey, Mexico positions it as a pivotal hub for North America's manufacturing sector, driving innovation across diverse domains including HealthTech, Transportation, Space Tech, PropTech, and beyond.

The F50 Global Capital Summit® is a collaborative endeavor between F50 Global Capital and esteemed partners like YTexas, Long 100 Capital, Silicon Global, International Accelerator, Spring Up Capital, and Austin San Antonio Startups. This summit promises to host 30+ sessions comprising speaking engagements, panel discussions, and invitational roundtables led by industry luminaries, domain experts, investors, and successful entrepreneurs. A global investor delegation will converge to forge meaningful connections within the ASA ecosystem.
As one of the most coveted events for Private Equities, VCs, Angels, LPs, Family Offices, Corporate Ventures, and industry leaders, the summit facilitates synergy among the global investor community, fostering a new wave of innovation within the ASA region and beyond.
Our media matrix has over one million impressions across different media channels in 2022, and we expect to attract 120 VIPs and one million online video views from around the world. Our summit trailer on youtube, Linkedin, and Twitter. More information at our deck
The program encompasses online sessions from Sep 28, and the main conference on Oct 2-4. Speakers have the flexibility to choose from various formats including presentations, fireside chats, panel discussions, or serving as moderators for executive roundtable discussions.
The summit will take place online and Austin - San Antonio, and it will be an outstanding opportunity to connect ASA ecosystem with global capital. The event will also be truly global, with speakers, content, and breakout rooms for Europe, India, Mid East, Singapore, and more. The event page provides more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/f50-global-capital-summit-austin-2023-tickets-499080151167.